Regarding the Church of Man
On the Meaning of Faith
Thursday, September 6th, 2007Recent news of Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s struggle with doubt towards the end of her life has prompted me to visit one of the more important foundations of the Church of Man.
Faith and science have been pitted against each other many times. While there is sometimes, maybe even often, a conflict between the two I [...]
A Wall Has Two Sides – So Does Separation of Church and State
Thursday, August 30th, 2007“A Wall of Separation between Church and State” aka “Separation of Church and State” A phrase so common these days it has become a cliche. It is generally accepted that this statement from Thomas Jefferson to the Danbury Baptist Association means that the religion should be kept out of politics.
In the interests of the whole [...]
Did you know you have dogma?
Monday, August 20th, 2007This one aptly describes a facet of the Church of Man:
“The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know that they are dogmas. It may be said even that the modern world, as a corporate body, holds certain dogmas so strongly that it does not know [...]
